Guarantee of Obligations (a) Each Guarantor hereby (i) guarantees, as principal obligor and not as surety only, to the Banks the prompt payment of the principal of and any and all accrued and unpaid interest (including interest which otherwise may cease to accrue by operation of any insolvency law, rule, regulation or interpretation thereof) on the Advances and all other obligations of each Borrower to the Banks and the Agent under this Agreement when due, whether by scheduled maturity, acceleration or otherwise, all in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Notes, including, without limitation, default interest, indemnification payments and all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the Banks and the Agent in connection with enforcing any obligations of the Borrowers hereunder, including without limitation the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel, (ii) guarantees the prompt and punctual performance and observance of each and every term, covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement and the Notes to be performed or observed on the part of each Borrower, (iii) guarantees the prompt and complete payment of all obligations and performance of all covenants of any Borrower under any interest rate or currency swap agreements or similar transactions with any Bank, and (iv) agrees to make prompt payment, on demand, of any and all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the Banks or the Agent in connection with enforcing the obligations of the Guarantor hereunder, including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel (all of the foregoing being collectively referred to as the "Guaranteed Obligations").
(b) If for any reason any duty, agreement or obligation of any Borrower contained in this Agreement shall not be performed or observed by any Borrower as provided therein, or if any amount payable under or in connection with this Agreement shall not be paid in full when the same becomes due and payable, each Guarantor undertakes to perform or cause to be performed promptly each of such duties, agreements and obligations and to pay forthwith each such amount to the Agent for the account of the Banks regardless of any defense or setoff or counterclaim which any Borrower may have or assert, and regardless of any other condition or contingency.
Limitation on Subsidiary Guarantor Liability Each Subsidiary Guarantor, and by its acceptance of Notes, each Holder, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the Subsidiary Guarantee of such Subsidiary Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law to the extent applicable to any Subsidiary Guarantee. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Trustee, the Holders and the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor will, after giving effect to such maximum amount and all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Subsidiary Guarantor that are relevant under such laws, and after giving effect to any collections from, rights to receive contribution from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Subsidiary Guarantor under this Article Ten, result in the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance. Each Subsidiary Guarantor that makes a payment for distribution under its Subsidiary Guarantee is entitled to a contribution from each other Subsidiary Guarantor in a pro rata amount based on the adjusted net assets of each Subsidiary Guarantor.
No Guarantee of Interests The Board and the Company do not guarantee the Stock of the Company from loss or depreciation.
Limitation on Guarantee Obligations Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Guarantee Obligation except:
(a) Guarantee Obligations in existence on the Closing Date and listed in Schedule 8.4(a), and any refinancings, refundings, extensions or renewals thereof, provided that the amount of such Guarantee Obligation shall not be increased at the time of such refinancing, refunding, extension or renewal except to the extent that the amount of Indebtedness in respect of such Guarantee Obligations is permitted to be increased by subsection 8.2(o);
(b) Guarantee Obligations for performance, bid, appeal, judgment, replevin and similar bonds and suretyship arrangements, all in the ordinary course of business;
(c) Guarantee Obligations in respect of indemnification and contribution agreements expressly permitted by subsection 8.10(iv) or similar agreements by the Parent Borrower;
(d) Reimbursement Obligations in respect of the Letters of Credit or reimbursement obligations in respect of any other letters of credit permitted under subsection 8.2;
(e) Guarantee Obligations in respect of third-party loans and advances to officers or employees of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries (i) for travel and entertainment expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business, (ii) for relocation expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business, or (iii) for other purposes in an aggregate amount so long as all Guarantee Obligations incurred under this paragraph (e), together with the aggregate amount of all Investments permitted under subsection 8.8(e) (other than clause (iv) thereof), does not exceed $5,000,000 outstanding at any time;
(f) obligations to insurers required in connection with worker’s compensation and other insurance coverage incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(g) obligations of the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries under any Interest Rate Protection Agreements (other than those entered into for speculative purposes) or under Permitted Hedging Arrangements;
(h) Guarantee Obligations incurred in connection with acquisitions permitted under subsection 8.9, provided that if any such Guarantee Obligation inures to the benefit of any Person other than the Person from whom such acquisition is made or any Affiliate thereof, such Guarantee Obligation shall not exceed, with respect to any such acquisition, 70% of the purchase price of such acquisition (including any Indebtedness assumed in connection with any such acquisition) (or such greater percentage as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the U.S. Administrative Agent or, if any such purchase price shall be greater than $75,000,000, such greater percentage shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders);
(i) guarantees made by the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of obligations of the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other than any Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to subsections 8.2(b), (c), (d), (j), (k) and (q)) which obligations are otherwise permitted under this Agreement;
(j) Guarantee Obligations in connection with sales or other dispositions permitted under subsection 8.6, including indemnification obligations with respect to leases, and guarantees of collectability in respect of accounts receivable or notes receivable for up to face value;
(k) Guarantee Obligations incurred pursuant to the U.S. Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or any Canadian Security Document or otherwise in respect of Indebtedness permitted by subsection 8.2(a);
(l) Guarantee Obligations in respect of Indebtedness permitted pursuant to subsections 8.2(b), (c) and (d), provided that (x) if any such Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the obligations of any Loan Party hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, then any corresponding Guarantee Obligations are subordinated to Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to this Agreement and other Loan Documents to substantially the same extent, (y) Guarantee Obligations in respect of Indebtedness permitted pursuant to subsections 8.2(b) and 8.2(d) shall be permitted only so long as such Guarantee Obligations are incurred only by Guarantors or Borrowers and (z) Guarantee Obligations in respect of Assumed Indebtedness permitted pursuant to subsection 8.2(c) shall be permitted to the extent no additional guarantors of such Indebtedness are added following the Closing Date;
(m) accommodation guarantees for the benefit of trade creditors of the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(n) Guarantee Obligations in respect of Indebtedness or other obligations of a Person in connection with a joint venture or similar arrangement in respect of which no other co-investor or other Person has a greater legal or beneficial ownership interest than the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, and as to all of such Persons does not at any time exceed $20,000,000 in aggregate principal amount; provided that such amount shall be reduced by the aggregate amount of Investments permitted by subsection 8.8(k); and
(o) Guarantee Obligations of the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries in respect of Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries incurred pursuant to subsection 8.2(q); provided that the aggregate amount of such Guarantee Obligations outstanding pursuant to this clause (o), when aggregated with (i) all dividends made pursuant to paragraph 8.7(k), (ii) all Investments (determined as the amount originally advanced, loaned or otherwise invested, less any returns on the respective Investment) outstanding pursuant to paragraphs 8.8(k) and (o), (iii) all cash consideration paid in respect of acquisitions pursuant to paragraph 8.9(b)(iii) and (iv) all optional prepayments made pursuant to subsection 8.13(f) do not at any time exceed $100,000,000.
Guarantee of Payment This Guarantee Agreement creates a guarantee of payment and not of collection. This Guarantee Agreement will not be discharged except by payment of the Guarantee Payments in full (without duplication of amounts theretofore paid by the Issuer) or upon distribution of Debentures to Holders as provided in the Trust Agreement.
Covenant to Guarantee Obligations and Give Security Upon (i) the formation or acquisition by any Loan Party of any new direct or indirect Subsidiary (other than any Excluded Subsidiary), (ii) pursuant to Section 1.09, the addition of any Borrower which was not a Loan Party immediately prior to such addition, (iii) a Subsidiary of any Loan Party ceasing to be an Excluded Subsidiary or (iv) the acquisition by any Loan Party of any asset (including real property) in respect of which the Collateral and Guaranty Requirements have not theretofore been satisfied (any of the foregoing items set forth in clauses (i) through (iv), a “Collateral and Guaranty Compliance Event”) the Borrowers shall, at the Borrowers’ expense, cause the Collateral and Guaranty Requirements applicable thereto to be satisfied (x) with respect to (i) any Guaranty Agreement or any supplement thereto, (ii) Liens on Collateral that may be created by the execution and delivery of a customary personal property security or pledge agreement or any supplement thereto, (iii) Liens on Collateral that may under applicable law be perfected by the filing of financing statements under the UCC or by filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United Stated Copyright Office (or by the making of similar filings in any applicable jurisdiction) and (iv) the perfection of security interests in the capital stock of Holding’s Subsidiaries with respect to which a Lien may be perfected by delivery of certificated securities, within thirty (30) days (as such time may be extended by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion) of such Collateral and Guaranty Compliance Event and (y) with respect to the creation or perfection of Liens on any other Collateral or any other provision of the Collateral and Guaranty Requirements, within sixty (60) days of such Collateral and Guaranty Compliance Event (or, in the case of clause (h) and (i) (and, to the extent related to such clauses, clause (l) and (m)) of the definition of Collateral and Guaranty Requirements, within ninety (90) days of such Collateral and Guaranty Compliance Event) (as any such time period may be extended by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document, no Subsidiary of Holdings listed on Schedule 6.11 shall be required to satisfy the Collateral and Guaranty Requirements prior to the date that is ninety (90) days after the Third Restatement Date (on which date (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may agree) the Collateral and Guaranty Requirements shall be required with respect to such Subsidiaries to the same extent otherwise applicable thereto).
Guarantee The Guarantor irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to pay in full to the Holders the Guarantee Payments (without duplication of amounts theretofore paid by the Issuer), as and when due, regardless of any defense, right of set-off or counterclaim that the Issuer may have or assert. The Guarantor's obligation to make a Guarantee Payment may be satisfied by direct payment of the required amounts by the Guarantor to the Holders or by causing the Issuer to pay such amounts to the Holders.
Release of Collateral and Guarantee Obligations (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, upon request of the Borrower in connection with any Disposition of Property permitted by the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall (without notice to, or vote or consent of, any Lender, or any affiliate of any Lender that is a party to any Specified Hedge Agreement) take such actions as shall be required to release its security interest in any Collateral being Disposed of in such Disposition, and to release any guarantee obligations under any Loan Document of any Person being Disposed of in such Disposition, to the extent necessary to permit consummation of such Disposition in accordance with the Loan Documents.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or any other Loan Document, when all Obligations (other than obligations in respect of any Specified Hedge Agreement) have been paid in full, all Commitments have terminated or expired and no Letter of Credit shall be outstanding, upon request of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall (without notice to, or vote or consent of, any Lender, or any affiliate of any Lender that is a party to any Specified Hedge Agreement) take such actions as shall be required to release its security interest in all Collateral, and to release all guarantee obligations under any Loan Document, whether or not on the date of such release there may be outstanding Obligations in respect of Specified Hedge Agreements. Any such release of guarantee obligations shall be deemed subject to the provision that such guarantee obligations shall be reinstated if after such release any portion of any payment in respect of the Obligations guaranteed thereby shall be rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the Borrower or any Guarantor, or upon or as a result of the appointment of a receiver, intervenor or conservator of, or trustee or similar officer for, the Borrower or any Guarantor or any substantial part of its property, or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made.
Guarantee Unconditional The obligations of each Guarantor under this Section 13 shall be unconditional and absolute and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, shall not be released, discharged, or otherwise affected by:
(a) any extension, renewal, settlement, compromise, waiver, or release in respect of any obligation of the Borrower or other obligor or of any other guarantor under this Agreement or any other Loan Document or by operation of law or otherwise;
(b) any modification or amendment of or supplement to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any agreement relating to Hedging Liability or Bank Product Obligations;
(c) any change in the corporate existence, structure, or ownership of, or any insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization, or other similar proceeding affecting, the Borrower or other obligor, any other guarantor, or any of their respective assets, or any resulting release or discharge of any obligation of the Borrower or other obligor or of any other guarantor contained in any Loan Document;
(d) the existence of any claim, set-off, or other rights which the Borrower or other obligor or any other guarantor may have at any time against the Administrative Agent, any Lender, or any other Person, whether or not arising in connection herewith;
(e) any failure to assert, or any assertion of, any claim or demand or any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any rights or remedies against the Borrower or other obligor, any other guarantor, or any other Person or Property;
(f) any application of any sums by whomsoever paid or howsoever realized to any obligation of the Borrower or other obligor, regardless of what obligations of the Borrower or other obligor remain unpaid;
(g) any invalidity or unenforceability relating to or against the Borrower or other obligor or any other guarantor for any reason of this Agreement or of any other Loan Document or any agreement relating to Hedging Liability or Bank Product Obligations, or any provision of applicable Legal Requirements purporting to prohibit the payment by the Borrower or other obligor or any other guarantor of the principal of or interest on any Loan or any Reimbursement Obligation or any other amount payable under the Loan Documents or any agreement relating to Hedging Liability or Bank Product Obligations; or
(h) any other act or omission to act or delay of any kind by the Administrative Agent, any Lender, or any other Person or any other circumstance whatsoever that might, but for the provisions of this paragraph, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of the obligations of any Guarantor under this Section 13.
Guarantee Absolute The Guarantor agrees that the guarantee contained in this Subordinated Guarantee is a guarantee of payment and that the Guarantor’s obligation to pay the Guaranteed Obligations hereunder shall be primary, absolute and unconditional and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, shall not be released, discharged or otherwise affected by:
(a) any extension of the time or times for the payment of the Guaranteed Obligations, renewal, settlement, compromise, waiver, indulgence or release granted to the Corporation by the Holders or the Trustee in respect of any obligation of the Corporation under the Indenture or any Debenture, by operation of law or otherwise;
(b) any modification or amendment of or supplement to the Indenture or any Debenture;
(c) any change in the corporate existence, structure or ownership of the Corporation, or any insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or other similar proceeding affecting the Corporation or its assets or any resulting release or discharge of any obligation of the Corporation contained in the Indenture or any Debenture;
(d) the existence of any defense, claim, set-off or other rights which the Guarantor may have at any time against the Corporation, the Trustee, any Holder or any other Person, whether in connection herewith or any unrelated transactions;
(e) any invalidity, illegality, irregularity or unenforceability for any reason of the Indenture or any Debenture or in any part thereof as regards the Corporation, or any provision of applicable law or regulation purporting to prohibit the payment by the Corporation of the principal, premium, if any, interest or redemption price, if any, on any Debenture or any other amount payable by the Corporation under the Indenture;
(f) any other act or omission to act or delay of any kind by the Corporation, the Trustee, any Holder or any other Person or any other circumstance whatsoever which might, but for the provisions of this paragraph, constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of the Guarantor’s obligations hereunder;
(g) any contest by the Corporation or any Person as to the amount of the Guaranteed Obligations;
(h) the failure to enforce the provisions of any Debenture or the Indenture; or
(i) the recovery of any judgment against the Corporation or any action to enforce the same.
